Ethiopia Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/ethiopia/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Sun, 14 May 2023 16:47:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ethiopia Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/ethiopia/ 32 32 59910430 Ethiopia’s scholars cannot be forgotten https://concernedscientists.org/2023/05/ethiopias-scholars-cannot-be-forgotten/ Sun, 14 May 2023 16:31:01 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9841 Ongoing violence in Ethiopia has devastated the country’s higher education system. SAR continues to receive requests for assistance from scholars reporting persistent ethnic violence, discrimination, and barriers within academia that have upended lives across the country and into the farthest reaches of Ethiopia’s diaspora. Among the nearly 90 scholars seeking an academic placement in the […]

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]]> 9841 Lecturer at Rift Valley University in Ethiopia Arrested for Assistance in Writing Book Critical of the Ethiopian Government https://concernedscientists.org/2019/10/lecturer-at-rift-valley-university-in-ethiopia-arrested-for-assistance-in-writing-book-critical-of-the-ethiopian-government/ Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:13:05 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7632 Dr. Firew Bekele has been charged under the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation accused of writing a book critical of the government. Bekele denies writing it but acknowledges helping with writing it. Being detained in this regard is a violation of his human rights to free expression and speech. CCS has written to the new Prime Minister of […]

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]]> 7632 Ethiopian Opposition Leader Freed https://concernedscientists.org/2018/02/ethiopian-opposition-leader-freed/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:00:45 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6756 Merera Gudina, leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress – government opposition party to the current administration, was released from prison on January 17, 2018. He was released with over 100 political prisoners held in a prison outside of Adis Ababa, and another 350 prisoners held elsewhere. Prime Minister Desalegn Hailemariam announced that jailed “politicians” would […]

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]]> 6756 Political Science Professor, Former Member of Parliament Arrested in Ethiopia https://concernedscientists.org/2017/10/political-science-professor-former-member-of-parliament-arrested-in-ethiopia/ Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:13:38 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6177 Dr. Merera Gudina, a political science professor and former member of parliament and leader of the Oromo people in Ethiopia ha been arrested upon returning from a meeting of the European Parliament. He was tried on May 4, 2017 when his counsel objected to the charges but the prosecution denied the objection. On July 7 […]

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]]> 6177 Seyoum Teshome, Ethiopian University Lecturer Detained https://concernedscientists.org/2017/07/seyoum-teshome-ethiopian-university-lecturer-detained/ Wed, 05 Jul 2017 20:48:14 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6184 Seyoum Teshome, University Lecturer in Ethiopian, detained. Reason unknown, but it is suspected that he had posted anti-government information on his blog and on Facebook. CCS encourages his immediate release. July 5, 2017 Hailemariam Dessalegn Prime Minister FDRE Prime Minister Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Fax: +251 11 122 6292 Your Excellency: The Committee of Concerned Scientists […]

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]]> 6184 Dr. Merrera Gudina, Ethiopia, Hearing Scheduled for July 7, 2017 https://concernedscientists.org/2017/07/dr-merrera-gudina-ethiopia-hearing-scheduled-for-july-7-2017/ Wed, 05 Jul 2017 15:16:56 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6178 Dr. Merera Gudina, former professor of political science at Addis Ababa University and chair of the Oromo Federalist Congress will return to court for a verdict ruling on charges related to his peaceful exercise  of his right to freedom of expression and association on July 7, 2017. July 5, 2017 Hailemariam Dessalegn FDRE Prime Minister […]

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]]> 6178 Political Science Professor and Former Member of Parliament Arrested https://concernedscientists.org/2017/01/political-science-professor-and-former-member-of-parliament-arrested/ Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:48:34 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5779 Dr. Merera Gudina, a political science professor who is also a former Member of Parliament and a leader in asserting the political interests of the Oromo people of Ethiopia, was arrested on November 30 upon his return to Ethiopia after a meeting at the European Parliament. We believe he was detained because of his association […]

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